Celtic 2-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 18 February 2017

Result

Celtic 2-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 18 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Celtic 2-0 Motherwell: match report

Celtic won against Motherwell 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 18 February 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Moussa Dembélé opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Celtic's goals came from Moussa Dembélé (34', penalty) and James Forrest (41'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 1st on 67 points from 24 and Motherwell 8th on 24 points from 24. Celtic went on to finish that season 1st with 103 points, and Motherwell 9th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Celtic wins, 5 draws and 1 for Motherwell.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Motherwell's L-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Penalty goal · Moussa DembéléCeltic · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · James ForrestCeltic · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Ryan BowmanMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Celtic 4, draws 5, Motherwell 1.

Team news

Celtic line-up

Craig Gordon, Jozo Simunovic, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera, Mikael Lustig, Kieran Tierney, Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, James Forrest, Liam Henderson, Moussa Dembélé

Motherwell line-up

Craig Samson, Ben Heneghan, Stephen McManus, Chris Cadden, Joe Chalmers, Keith Lasley, Craig Clay, J. McMillan, Stephen Pearson, L. Moult, Scott McDonald